Hera are some "basic" needed standards for WWW-VL History
Network sites which have been reached by discussion among present
site maintainers and may be modified by further discussion. The object
of these standards is to establish some similarity among the various component
sites, allow for greater integration over time, and to make the sites
accessible to the widest number of users possible. No one is expected
to abandon their present site to meet these recommended elements but,
if his or her present site departs significantly from them, to set up
a parallel series of compliant pages.

A. General Criteria for Pages

1. Maximum size of 50 Kb

2. Non-frames, minimal graphics with a full description placed
in the ALT=""> portion of the IMG SRC format

3. White background and black text is preferred, but variations
within 256 colors are acceptable

4. Obtrusive advertisements, especially drop-downs and
animations, should be avoided.

B. Elements of Main Pages

1. Logos linked to the source for WWW-VL Main Catalogue,
WWW-VL: History Main Catalogue, the logo for the site
itself, followed by the text: WWW-VL: History Subject name
of site.

2. Text links to WWW-VL Main Catalogue and WWW-VL Main
Catalogue.

3. WWW-VL search script and WWW-VL search script for the site

4. Pointers to Nature and Purpose of the WWW-VL
History Network, a form for reporting new or broken links
to the Webmaster, and date of last link-check and update

5. Index

C. Organization

1. Indexes should follow the pattern of

REFERENCE

CHRONOLOGICAL

GEOGRAPHICAL

TOPICAL

OTHER

with appropriate subcategories

2. Sub-categories should be developed in cooperation with other
maintainers in so far as it practical.

D. Index Pages

1. Each page, including the Main Page, should carry the Dublin
Core, with multilingual description and keywords.

2. When keywords for individual links are appropriate, they
also should be multilingual.